It was over a dozen years ago on the blog when I posted singer-songwriter Hiroaki Igarashi's（五十嵐浩晃）hit single "Pegasus no Asa"（ペガサスの朝）from November 1980. The song has been notable for being one of my musical signposts of the decade with its up-and-at-'em arrangement and the feeling that it could have been used as a theme tune for any of the American adventure-thriller TV shows back then.
Well, on the flip side of this No. 3-ranking song is "Fuyuko no Asa" (Fuyuko's Morning) which is about as different as one can get from the A-side in terms of tone. A ballad of impending loss, it begins with a very contemplative piano and an eerie synthesizer before an acoustic guitar and Igarashi's plaintive vocals attempt to reassure us about the loss of romance due to death or other reasons. Written and composed by Igarashi with Minoru Ohsugi（大杉実）helping out on the lyrics and former Happy End band member Shigeru Suzuki（鈴木茂）as the arranger, it's a lovely if melancholy love song with an appealingly twangy guitar solo. Here's hoping that Fuyuko recovers.
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